“Rick Thomas isn’t an easy man to get a handle on. Was he an old-fashioned pre-Vatican II Catholic or a radical, a barrio politician in a Roman collar or a supernaturalist fanatic, a slave-driver or a clown?”
Edward Desciak
Edward Desciak is an O'Hare Fellow at America Media.
Posted inDispatches
North Carolina’s Catholic response to the ICE immigration crackdown
As an ICE campaign continues in Charlotte, local Catholic parishes respond and mass attendance plummets.
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Inside a public witness and prayer for immigrants at a New York City courthouse
The procession lasted more than 90 minutes as temperatures dropped and hail gave way to bursts of freezing rain. Marchers, bundled in scarves and gloves, pressed on, walking past security officers who observed in silence from behind metal barricades.
Posted inScripture Reflections
Bridging the gap between Christians
A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr, by Edward Desciak
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Catholics around the nation take a stand against Trump mass deportation policy
Following the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, Catholics around the country have been organizing prayerful demonstrations for immigration justice.
Posted inCulture, New Media
A rich influencer told his fans to stop giving him money and to donate to charity instead. What can we learn from him?
On the same day Pope Leo’s exhortation on caring for the poor was released, a content creator at the center of internet culture provided an unwitting example of the pope’s desired shift.
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Caribbean bishops raise concern over Trump’s military buildup in the region
“The presence of warships and the disruption of marine livelihoods within our Caribbean waters represent real and immediate threats to regional stability and to the welfare of our nations,” the region’s bishops said.
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Catholics witness ‘man-made’ disaster for migrants at ICE detention center in Newark
Bishops, nuns and lay activists came together in an act of solidarity with the migrants currently enduring the Trump administration’s immigration roundup.
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Pope Leo ice blessing sets off social media meltdown
Holy water is a pretty regular feature at Catholic churches, so why were some commentators on social media in an uproar over Pope Leo’s blessing of ice removed from a Greenland glacier?
Posted inFaith in Focus
How my priest cousin helped me become a more engaged Catholic
The first time I joined the Peckville virtual congregation, and my cousin Andy was livestreamed into our living room, I felt something akin to what relatives of Hollywood celebrities must feel.